By DANIEL ETEGHE
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor
Kalu, yesterday, called for the arrest and prosecution of ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that he started active corruption in
Nigeria’s political circle.
Speaking at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos, Dr. Kalu pointed out that he wonders why
former President Obasanjo was still walking the streets free, stressing
that after the reply of his letter by President Goodluck Jonathan, he
(Obasanjo) should have been arrested and prosecuted.
According to
him, the $16billion power sector fraud was done under ex-President
Obasanjo, affirming that he could not even show good leadership as
President during his tenure, adding that he used his position to fight
political enemies.
He said: “Well, let me tell you, Obasanjo is
part of the problems of this country. The earlier he goes back to his
farm the better. He caused all the problems that we are going through.
He was worse than Jonathan and any other president of this country.
In
1999 when he was elected President, instead of giving leadership, he
went to fight political war. The goodwill this country had, he
squandered it, and this is what we are suffering from today because if
he had given qualitative leadership without pursuing political enemies,
we would have grown.”
Commenting on the resignation of the
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamango Turkur,
Dr. Kalu said that it was a good development for the Nigerian
democratic process.
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